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Los Angeles 18 at Houston 17
1985 Week 8 - Sunday, April 14, 1985
Los Angeles Express(1-6) at Houston Gamblers(5-2)(NL)
Attendance: 20,193
HOUSTON (UPI) - Frank Seurer drilled JoJo Townsell with a 35-yard touchdown pass with 1:08 remaining in the game to lift Los Angeles over Houston 18-17.
Gamblers cornerback Mike Mitchell had stepped in front of Townsell trying to intercept, but the attempt failed and Townsell sprinted into the end zone.
The win lifted the Express to 2-6, while Houston dropped its third straight and fell to 5-3, a half-game behind Denver, which plays tonight.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 3 6 0 9 - 18
HOU 7 3 7 0 - 17
Scoring
HOU:Harrell 11 run(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, LA 0
LA: Zendejas 35 FG - HOU 7, LA 3
LA: Zendejas 20 FG - HOU 7, LA 6
LA: Zendejas 22 FG - LA 9, HOU 7
HOU:Fritsch 29 FG - HOU 10, LA 9
HOU:McNeil 61 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 17, LA 9
LA: Zendejas 47 FG - HOU 17, LA 12
LA: Townsell 35 pass from Seurer(pass failed) - LA 18, HOU 17
Box Score
LA HOU
First Downs 20 13
Rushes-Yards 27-107 15-53
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 29-16-253-1 42-19-294-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-40 1-4
Total Plays-Yards 56-360 57-347
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 8-60 7-53
Turnovers 1 3
Time of Possession 37:42 22:18
Attendance = 20,193
LOS ANGELES HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Seurer 29 16 253 1 1 81.54 Kelly 25 13 238 1 1 81.75
Dillon 17 6 56 1 0 20.71
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Nelson 15 43 2.9 0 Fowler 7 21 3.0 0
Gray 7 34 4.9 0 Harrell 3 21 7.0 1
Seurer 5 30 6.0 0 Verdin 4 9 2.3 0
Kelly 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Townsell 4 75 18.8 1 McNeil 3 103 34.3 1
Hudson 3 66 22.0 0 Verdin 7 62 8.6 0
Haines 3 48 16.0 0 Johnson 4 51 12.8 0
Lowell 1 19 19.0 0 Courville 1 41 41.0 0
Hersey 1 17 17.0 0 McGhee 2 34 17.0 0
Gray 1 10 10.0 0 Harrell 2 3 1.5 0
Gunn 1 7 7.0 0
Boddie 1 6 6.0 0
Nelson 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Boddie 4 81 20.3 0 Verdin 3 17 5.7 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Townsell 1 -1 -1.0 0 McNeil 3 30 10.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Zendejas 4-4 47 0-0 12 Fritsch 1-1 29 2-2 5
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 7 282 40.3 Walters 8 311 38.9
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Achica 1 4 Cooks 2 16
Lewis 2 7
Holyfield 1 9
M.Hawkins 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Pattillo 1 0 0.0 0 Roquemore 1 23 23.0 0
Warren 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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